Upcoming Events

Foster Motel is the home base of Joel Stewart (of The Future Hall of Famers) and Jane Gowan (of The Real Shade and Violet Archers), an outlaw indie folk duo from Toronto, Canada. They are touring in April & May, 2026, to celebrate the release of 'Songs for Stadiums', the forthcoming release from Joel Stewart and the Future Hall of Famers (duo out Feb 20, 2026).

With a mix of originals from Joel and Jane’s catalogues, as well as treasured cuts from our collective DNA, Foster Motel deliver harmony-based performances of songs that are rich with story, character, and melody.

The band will be joined on their B.C. dates by Matt Kennedy of Vancouver’s Headlong Hearts.

Joel Stewart: guitar, vocals
Jane Gowan: guitar, accordion, vocals
Matt Kennedy: bass, mandolin, vocals

https://www.therealshade.com/fostermotel

David Santana is a Chilean/Canadian guitarist and composer whose music is rooted in the tradition of Wes Montgomery and Charlie Parker, woven together with more contemporary harmonic and melodic language in the spirit of Kurt Rosenwinkel.

His sound is deeply fiery and expressive, yet equally reflective, moving between intensity and introspection, and carrying a profound emotional and spiritual depth.

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EARLY SHOW: MUSIC 7:00 - 8:30 (1 LONG SET) DOORS @ 6

Anagram Quartet features Anna Lumiere on keys and accordion, Graham Ord on sax, flute and EWI, James Meger on bass and John Rule on drums. Their music is a mix of well chosen modern jazz and originals, with some wide open improvs, pedals and funky grooves.

 Special guest Celso Machado!!

 Current Collective

From qathet, British Columbia, Current Collective is an 8-piece alternative roots rock band blending reggae, funk, folk, and rock into upbeat, west coast grooves.

With horns, percussion, harmonica, guitars, bass, lush keys, and rich vocal harmonies, their high-energy performance leaves the stage drenched in the sounds of a coastal beach jam but with all the polish and professionalism of a road worthy band.

Their sound channels influence from the likes of Sublime, Dispatch, Sam Roberts, Bob Marley and The Beatles.

Lay back in the sand and let the sounds of Current Collective take you away.

https://currentcollective.bandzoogle.com/home

Monty Montego and the Rocksteady Crew

Monty Montego and the Rocksteady Crew are a 5 piece band hailing from Roberts Creek.

Paying tribute to sunny Jamaican tunes from the late 60’s with rich vocal harmonies, bumping basslines, and harmonious horns, their grooving beats are sure to get you off your seat and on the dance floor!

Named Penguin Eggs & Roots Music Canada's New Discovery of the Year, Aleksi Campagne offers a contemporary, indie-folk take on the time-honoured fiddle-singing tradition.

Born and raised in Montreal, Aleksi’s music blends folk songwriting with an edgy, multi-layered sound resulting from his unique combination of voice, violin and looping-effect pedals.

His debut album For The Giving / Sans rien donner won a Canadian Folk Music Award 2024 for French Songwriter of the Year and is fully bilingual, offering 10 songs in French and the same 10 songs in English.

Musically, Aleksi weaves a sound of violin, powerful voice, looping and effects pedals that is at once intimate and expansive, grounded in heritage yet sonically modern. Aleksi consciously integrates Québec’s traditional fiddling heritage, while addressing deeply contemporary concerns such as the search for home family legacy and the climate crisis. Ultimately, Aleksi’s music is an attempt at reconciliation: between tradition and modernity, between French and English, between personal trajectory and collective horizon.

Since then, Aleksi’s career has been a whirlwind. In January 2026, he won First Place at the prestigious Ma Première Place des Arts competition in Montreal, also receiving the Prix Distinction de la Caisse Desjardins de la Culture, the Stingray Star Prize, and the Hydro-Québec Song of the Year Award.

Aleksi has performed over 120 professional shows across Canada since 2023, performing at major festivals including the Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Festival, Canmore Folk Festival, Regina Folk Festival, Bear Creek Music Festival, and Live From the Rock.

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